I acquire manuscripts about science and the natural world, with a particular interest in accessible writing that explores its subject through a strong narrative and a sense of imagination. Books that ask big questions and provide readers with an immersive experience – whether written by scientists, journalists, conservation practitioners, or independent writers and thinkers – are among my favorites. I also seek books useful to teachers and researchers across the life sciences, including behavioral ecology, marine biology, primatology, botany, and paleobiology. I joined the Press in 2018, after nearly a decade as an editor at Orion, a general interest magazine about the relationship between humans and the environment, broadly construed; stories I edited there received Pushcart Prizes and the Science in Society Journalism Award, and were reprinted widely, including in numerous editions of The Best American Science and Nature Writing Anthology.